Marek Akeem Winters, a 21-year-old from Antioch, Tennessee, was killed on the night of Saturday, November 22, 2025, in a shooting police describe as related to a drug transaction. Residents reported gunfire around 8 p.m. in the Willow Pointe Apartments parking lot on Hickory Hollow Terrace. Investigators say Winters and a 16-year-old friend went there for an alleged drug deal that turned violent; multiple shell casings were recovered at Willow Pointe. After being shot, Winters drove the wounded teenager away in a Honda sedan but the car crashed in the Mapco gas station parking lot on Bell Road. Both occupants were found with multiple gunshot wounds and taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Winters later died and the teen was stabilized and remained in stable condition.

Metro Nashville homicide detectives pursued strong leads and within days focused on two brothers. Sixteen-year-old Therese Gaddy and 14-year-old Justus Gaddy were taken into custody after being located at their godmother’s apartment; during interviews both reportedly implicated themselves in the Antioch shooting. Detectives also arrested their 48-year-old godmother, Eric Haddock, after finding drugs and drug-distribution items in her Hobson Pike apartment; she faces drug charges and a charge of harboring a child and was released on bond.

Does anyone have information about the November 22 events at Willow Pointe Apartments or the Mapco on Bell Road that could help investigators?